The last emperor of Mexico : a disaster in the New World
Shawcross, Edward2022
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Click and Collect for The last emperor of Mexico : a disaster in the New WorldOne of the most monstrous enterprises in the annals of international history,' said Karl Marx. 'A madness without parallel since Don Quixote,' said a future French president. This is history's judgement on the events surrounding the ill-fated reign of Maximilian of Mexico, the young Austrian archduke who in 1864 crossed the Atlantic to assume a faraway throne. He had been convinced to do so by a duplicitous Napoleon III. Keen to spread his own interests abroad, the French emperor promised Maximilian a hero's welcome, which he would ensure with his own mighty military support. Instead, Maximilian walked into a bloody guerrilla war - and with a headful of impractical ideals and a penchant for pomp and butterflies, the so-called new emperor was singularly unequipped for the task. The ensuing saga would feature the great world leaders of the day, popes, bandits and queens; intrigue, conspiracy and cut-throat statecraft, as Mexico became the pivotal battleground in the global balance of power, between Old Europe and the burgeoning force of the New World: American imperialism. The Last Emperor of Mexico is the vivid history of this barely known, barely believable episode - a bloody tragedy of operatic proportions, and a vital debacle, the effects of which would be felt into the twentieth century and beyond.
Main title:
The last emperor of Mexico : a disaster in the New World / Edward Shawcross.
Author:
Shawcross, Edward, author
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2022.©2021
Collation:
vii, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780571360574 (hbk)9780571360574
Dewey class:
972.07092972.07
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
504537
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 972.07 SHA | Available |
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